PIONEER
Marcus Joseph Colhurst ALEXANDER
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| birth | .... 1897 (or: .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1896 as Joseph ALEXANDER), ........., Brentford, ENGLAND |
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| death | ............... |
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| marriage | (1) married in .. July/Aug/Sep 1922 in Brentford, Middlesex to:
 Kathleen Sara PEYTON b. .. Apr/May/June 1889, Kensington, Middlesex, ENGLAND |
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| marriage | (2) married in Oct/Nov/Dec 1929 in Hampstead, Middlesex to:
Olive Alice GROVES b. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1900, Hampstead, Middlesex, ENGLAND |
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PARENTS
| father | ........... ALEXANDER b. ............ |
| mother | ....................... b. ............... |
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LIFE
1911 UK CENSUS
........ ALEXANDER
......... ALEXANDER
- Marcus (14y)
Gramco recorder (BT/CT)
Baghdad and Tehran, 1926
Marcus ALEXANDER (36y; b. London) engineer
SS "MAURETANIA"
dep.: 19 Apr 1930, Southampton, ENGLAND
arr.: 24 Apr 1930, New York
Passage paid by: Decca Record Co. Ltd.
Home address: Mrs. A. Alexander, King's Road, Chelsea
Marcus ALEXANDER (36y) engineer
SS "GERMANIA"
dep.: .. May 1930, New York via Cobh
arr.: 2 June 1930, New York
Address: Mrs. A. Alexander, Chenil Galleries, 181 King's Road, Chelsea, London S.W.3
CHELSEA TOWN HALL, King’s Road, London SW3 (1886) is adjacent to the
Chenil Galleries and was used on seven occasions in 1932-33. Since 1965 it has
housed a public library.
CHENIL GALLERIES, 181-183, King’s Road, CHELSEA, London SW3
(1925), originally an arts centre closed in 1927, was Decca’s first home base,
used for most of its sessions from 1929-36. The building, acquired by the local
council in 1947 and let as retail premises, was disused by 2008 (from internet: DECCA DISCOGRAPHY).
NOTES
- The Gramophone Company's Persian Recordings 1899 to 1934 by Michael S. Kinnear. Bajakhana, Victoria, 2000 (p. 16)
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